New Forums / Clear Out

[Chris D]

How about getting rid of some of the lesser used forums on here...some have hardly any activity and could be folded back into General Discussion.

This could make way for some new forums, like country specific forums. I'd like:

- a BIM forum

I know this overlaps with the Architect forum but it would encourage focused discussion of VW as a BIM tool

- a UK users forum

This could cover issues such as localisation discussions, regulation specific practices etc.

[Christiaan]

There used to be a UK forum on http://www.vectorworks-cad.co.uk/ if I remember correctly. Didn't get used except by spammers at the time.

Maybe they should have another shot? Although I'd prefer a UK forum section here. There doesn't seem any point in splitting UK-specific discussion off to a separate website when we speak English and the UK version is developed in the U.S.

[Chris D]

On here is best, for sure.

[Chris D]

I want a BIM forum. I want NV Inc staff to answer questions on BIM workflow too. This is important.

They should spend less time on hyperbole in their marketing videos and more time establishing a proper BIM workflow in their software.

[Peter van der Elst]

+1 for separate BIM forum.

[Chris D]

The Workflows and Multi-User Environment forums have had no posts in the last 3 months. These could sensibly be archived and closed to make way for a BIM forum.

[Chris D]

Here's an idea for a new forum:

Tips and Tricks

Vectorworks sometimes has hidden and underused features. Discovering them by browsing the help files is a little dry....so how about we do it here, by sharing discovered tools or tips and tricks on how to use them.

To kick off, today I discovered

Coincident Object Selection

When several objects are sat on top of each other and you can't click on the one you want, hold J down before clicking and you get a magic little list to choose from...

Select Connected Objects

(Edit menu)....selects all bits of exploded polylines or connected lines, as long as the ends touch... No tolerance settings unfortunately, but useful nonetheless..

I always read the New Features documentation for each release, but I missed these two.. I know that Jonathan Pickup distributes Tips and Tricks but a forum for this would be great..